Diversity, drama, unpaid authors, oh my! This week emotions are high and we are addressing some big topics floating around in the author community.
Conversations about diversity are making the rounds in Authortube and Authertube News would like to share some thoughts on it. Also, can Dreamspinner Press recover from their shady antics? Tarmara takes a moment to talk about writer burnout and ways to combat it this holiday season. Lastly, is the Audible romance package helping readers while destroying authors?
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---Topics and References---
Rowan Ellis- Bad LGBT Representation VS No LGBT Representation: https://youtu.be/Ex7MK9hRejc
*Megan Tennant from Cloud Kitten Chronicles: Why I Don’t Write Diverse Books
https://youtu.be/SyVbdle981U
*Resource recommendation: Writing With Color https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/
*Burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder: Dr. Geri Puleo at TEDxSetonHillUniversity
https://youtu.be/hFkI69zJzLI
*Sarra Cannon from Heatbreathings (YouTube channel, check it out) suggests:
https://heartbreathings.com/how-to-av...
*Book recommendation: The Healthy Writer by Joanna Penn from The Creative Penn.com
*Dreamspinner Press site: ttp://bit.ly/Dreamspinner2
(Please do not send hate towards this publisher. We are reporting on the news about them, not having a call to action to rally against them.)
*TJ Klune’s Blog: http://bit.ly/TJKluneblog
*Mary Winter’s Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2okMCfD
*BA Tortuga blog: http://bit.ly/2mFZT29
*Writer Beware article about Dreamspinner Press: http://bit.ly/WBDreamspinner
*Amazon Sales Rank Calculator by Kindlepreneur: http://bit.ly/Salesrank
Audible Romance Package Issue: http://bit.ly/2M75hFv
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